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Ecclesiastes 5:11

King James Version (KJV)

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Ecclesiastes 5:11

Verse 11 of 20

Scripture focus

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with their eyes?

Ecclesiastes 5:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 5:11

Theological / Devotional

They are increased. The Hebrew reads, “The eaters of it are increased.” With the growth of wealth, a man enlarges his establishment. He is called upon to entertain lavishly. Retainers, servants, and hangers-on multiply, and relatives clamor for financial help.

What good? Or, “what advantage?” There is no place for wealth aside from this life. The accumulation, investment, and protection of wealth may be the cause of great anxiety, and lead to nervous breakdown. The riches of this world afford no passport to immortality.

Beholding. The wealthy man finally realizes he cannot take his wealth with him at death (Job 1:21; Luke 12:19, 20). He should not take undue pride in his ability to accumulate money; neither should he make a display of it, but rather use it to the glory of God (1 Tim. 6:10, 17-19).

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